At least 23 people were shot, including three fatally, in attacks in Chicago early this morning and Thursday night, authorities said. During a single shooting Thursday night about 10:15 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, 13 people, including a 3-year-old boy, were shot at Cornell Square Park, authorities said. Killed in shootings include a 29-year-old woman who was shot at 79th and Wood streets and who was pronounced dead at 4:18 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The woman's name was not being released immediately, according to the medical examiner's office. About 11:55 p.m., the woman was...

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